1900 United States presidential election in California
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The 1900 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 13.16% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. After a series of close elections in the state, this was the first time since 1872 that a candidate won California by double digits. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory. McKinley flipped 15 counties, including Mendocino County, which to that point had never voted for a Republican candidate. This election was also the first time since 1872 that a Republican carried Amador County, Siskiyou County, and Tehama County.
Bryan had previous lost California to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Samuel M. Shortridge | 164,755 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Irving M. Scott | 164,755 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | William J. Barrett | 164,006 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | William R. Davis | 163,791 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | John Walter Ryan | 163,603 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Harold T. Power | 163,590 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Frank McGowan | 163,527 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Christian B. Rode | 163,445 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Warren R. Porter | 163,148 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | James McFadden | 161,917 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. H. Seawell | 124,985 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. P. Haynes | 124,858 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | James N. Block | 124,770 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Willard H. Stimson | 124,756 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. R. Jacobs | 124,742 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. R. Prather | 124,723 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. T. Baggett | 124,689 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Thomas A. Rice | 124,666 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John A. Cole | 123,634 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | E. M. Dewey | 7,572 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Lemuel D. Biddle | 7,554 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | William Main | 7,504 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Frank Reed | 7,487 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | John M. Reynolds | 7,470 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | H. Haunch | 7,452 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Olaus Gafvert | 7,451 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | A. J. Stevens | 7,442 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | E. M. Anthony | 7,435 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | William Kelly | 5,087 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | J. H. Blanchard | 5,024 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | Volney Taylor | 4,978 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | Leroy S. Atwood | 4,958 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | M. C. Winchester | 4,956 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | J. W. Webb | 4,953 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | L. A. Goble | 4,941 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | N. Morcum | 4,927 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | S. Bristol | 4,926 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 605 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 303,004 | |||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene V. Debs Social Democratic | John G. Woolley Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 14,324 | 64.64% | 6,677 | 30.13% | 817 | 3.69% | 341 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,647 | 34.51% | 22,159 |
| Alpine | 69 | 82.14% | 15 | 17.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 64.29% | 84 |
| Amador | 1,384 | 52.64% | 1,209 | 45.99% | 17 | 0.65% | 19 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 175 | 6.66% | 2,629 |
| Butte | 2,322 | 52.55% | 2,011 | 45.51% | 49 | 1.11% | 37 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 311 | 7.04% | 4,419 |
| Calaveras | 1,600 | 54.59% | 1,288 | 43.94% | 29 | 0.99% | 14 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 10.64% | 2,931 |
| Colusa | 648 | 35.98% | 1,075 | 59.69% | 65 | 3.61% | 13 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -427 | -23.71% | 1,801 |
| Contra Costa | 2,165 | 57.02% | 1,549 | 40.80% | 44 | 1.16% | 39 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 616 | 16.22% | 3,797 |
| Del Norte | 334 | 51.78% | 291 | 45.12% | 12 | 1.86% | 8 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 6.67% | 645 |
| El Dorado | 1,193 | 45.14% | 1,406 | 53.20% | 25 | 0.95% | 19 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -213 | -8.06% | 2,643 |
| Fresno | 3,585 | 47.34% | 3,590 | 47.41% | 231 | 3.05% | 167 | 2.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -5 | -0.07% | 7,573 |
| Glenn | 494 | 39.49% | 737 | 58.91% | 5 | 0.40% | 14 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.08% | -243 | -19.42% | 1,251 |
| Humboldt | 3,902 | 66.32% | 1,698 | 28.86% | 179 | 3.04% | 105 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,204 | 37.46% | 5,884 |
| Inyo | 396 | 42.35% | 505 | 54.01% | 20 | 2.14% | 14 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -109 | -11.66% | 935 |
| Kern | 1,692 | 45.17% | 1,960 | 52.32% | 54 | 1.44% | 29 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.29% | -268 | -7.15% | 3,746 |
| Kings | 1,032 | 51.76% | 872 | 43.73% | 42 | 2.11% | 47 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.05% | 160 | 8.02% | 1,994 |
| Lake | 584 | 41.45% | 746 | 52.95% | 28 | 1.99% | 51 | 3.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -162 | -11.50% | 1,409 |
| Lassen | 549 | 58.10% | 326 | 34.50% | 64 | 6.77% | 6 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 23.60% | 945 |
| Los Angeles | 19,200 | 55.10% | 13,158 | 37.76% | 991 | 2.84% | 1,416 | 4.06% | 83 | 0.24% | 6,042 | 17.34% | 34,848 |
| Madera | 764 | 49.58% | 737 | 47.83% | 19 | 1.23% | 20 | 1.30% | 1 | 0.06% | 27 | 1.75% | 1,541 |
| Marin | 1,681 | 63.58% | 904 | 34.19% | 50 | 1.89% | 9 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 777 | 29.39% | 2,644 |
| Mariposa | 505 | 40.79% | 717 | 57.92% | 8 | 0.65% | 8 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -17.12% | 1,238 |
| Mendocino | 2,192 | 53.15% | 1,861 | 45.13% | 38 | 0.92% | 33 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 331 | 8.03% | 4,124 |
| Merced | 811 | 41.59% | 1.081 | 55.44% | 24 | 1.23% | 34 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -270 | -13.85% | 1,950 |
| Modoc | 446 | 44.78% | 532 | 53.41% | 11 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -86 | -8.63% | 996 |
| Mono | 284 | 52.11% | 258 | 47.34% | 1 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 4.77% | 545 |
| Monterey | 1,964 | 50.10% | 1,825 | 46.56% | 49 | 1.25% | 82 | 2.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 139 | 3.55% | 3,920 |
| Napa | 2,017 | 56.71% | 1,432 | 40.26% | 52 | 1.46% | 54 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.06% | 585 | 16.45% | 3,557 |
| Nevada | 2,449 | 55.91% | 1,758 | 40.14% | 128 | 2.92% | 44 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 691 | 15.78% | 4,380 |
| Orange | 2,155 | 51.24% | 1,777 | 42.25% | 77 | 1.83% | 196 | 4.66% | 1 | 0.02% | 378 | 8.99% | 4,206 |
| Placer | 2,009 | 54.64% | 1,592 | 43.30% | 40 | 1.09% | 36 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 417 | 11.34% | 3,677 |
| Plumas | 640 | 58.45% | 442 | 40.37% | 8 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 18.08% | 1,095 |
| Riverside | 2,329 | 61.14% | 1,134 | 29.77% | 155 | 4.07% | 190 | 4.99% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,195 | 31.37% | 3,809 |
| Sacramento | 5,506 | 54.78% | 4,325 | 43.03% | 127 | 1.26% | 92 | 0.92% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,181 | 11.75% | 10,051 |
| San Benito | 724 | 46.71% | 786 | 50.71% | 16 | 1.03% | 21 | 1.35% | 3 | 0.19% | -62 | -4.00% | 1,550 |
| San Bernardino | 3,135 | 52.15% | 2,347 | 39.05% | 233 | 3.88% | 293 | 4.87% | 3 | 0.05% | 788 | 13.11% | 6,011 |
| San Diego | 3,800 | 54.91% | 2,678 | 38.69% | 289 | 4.18% | 152 | 2.20% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,122 | 16.21% | 6,921 |
| San Francisco | 35,208 | 55.71% | 25,212 | 39.89% | 2,030 | 3.21% | 275 | 0.44% | 477 | 0.75% | 9,996 | 15.82% | 63,202 |
| San Joaquin | 3,318 | 52.01% | 2,873 | 45.04% | 94 | 1.47% | 83 | 1.30% | 11 | 0.17% | 445 | 6.98% | 6,379 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,564 | 45.81% | 1,713 | 50.18% | 60 | 1.76% | 73 | 2.14% | 4 | 0.12% | -149 | -4.36% | 3,414 |
| San Mateo | 1,645 | 63.00% | 914 | 35.01% | 37 | 1.42% | 15 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 731 | 28.00% | 2,611 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,988 | 52.58% | 1,599 | 42.29% | 125 | 3.31% | 69 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 389 | 10.29% | 3,781 |
| Santa Clara | 7,107 | 58.25% | 4,607 | 37.76% | 218 | 1.79% | 268 | 2.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,500 | 20.49% | 12,200 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,173 | 53.19% | 1,635 | 40.02% | 154 | 3.77% | 122 | 2.99% | 1 | 0.02% | 538 | 13.17% | 4,085 |
| Shasta | 1,681 | 44.70% | 1,948 | 51.79% | 85 | 2.26% | 47 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -267 | -7.10% | 3,761 |
| Sierra | 702 | 60.99% | 436 | 37.88% | 10 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 23.11% | 1,151 |
| Siskiyou | 1,898 | 52.36% | 1,668 | 46.01% | 40 | 1.10% | 19 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 6.34% | 3,625 |
| Solano | 3,114 | 55.36% | 2,262 | 40.21% | 162 | 2.88% | 87 | 1.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 852 | 15.15% | 5,625 |
| Sonoma | 4,381 | 54.04% | 3,517 | 43.38% | 136 | 1.68% | 73 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 864 | 10.66% | 8,107 |
| Stanislaus | 1,058 | 43.81% | 1,270 | 52.59% | 37 | 1.53% | 50 | 2.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -8.78% | 2,415 |
| Sutter | 819 | 54.93% | 642 | 43.06% | 11 | 0.74% | 19 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 11.87% | 1,491 |
| Tehama | 1,210 | 50.35% | 1,138 | 47.36% | 27 | 1.12% | 28 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 3.00% | 2,403 |
| Trinity | 544 | 52.36% | 485 | 46.68% | 8 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 59 | 5.68% | 1,039 |
| Tulare | 1,755 | 41.41% | 2,246 | 53.00% | 166 | 3.92% | 71 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -491 | -11.59% | 4,238 |
| Tuolumne | 1,309 | 45.09% | 1,530 | 52.70% | 32 | 1.10% | 32 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -221 | -7.61% | 2,903 |
| Ventura | 1,708 | 53.54% | 1,333 | 41.79% | 77 | 2.41% | 72 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 375 | 11.76% | 3,190 |
| Yolo | 1,510 | 45.81% | 1,687 | 51.18% | 45 | 1.37% | 53 | 1.61% | 1 | 0.03% | -177 | -5.37% | 3,296 |
| Yuba | 1,179 | 54.08% | 971 | 44.54% | 21 | 0.96% | 9 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 208 | 9.54% | 2,180 |
| Total | 164,755 | 54.37% | 124,985 | 41.25% | 7,572 | 2.50% | 5,087 | 1.68% | 605 | 0.20% | 39,770 | 13.13% | 303,004 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Amador
- Butte
- Kings
- Lassen
- Madera
- Mendocino
- Mono
- Monterey
- Nevada
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Joaquin (previously tied)
- Siskiyou
- Tehama
- Trinity
See also
Notes
References
- ^ California Blue Book or State Roster 1903. Sacramento, California. pp. 311–314. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
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